Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God. ✨ Christendo…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God. ✨ Christendom in Dublin by Gilbert K. Chesterton, (Ch. III), 1932.
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